Favorite Yesterday, the European Central Bank (ECB) announced a $1.16 trillion program to increase optimism about central-bank stimulus in hopes of boosting economic growth. The euro fell to an 11-year low and U.S. equities dropped. The plan is to print lots of euros to buy government bonds,

Favorite Last weekend, a very high-profile Argentine prosecutor, Alberto Nisman, was found dead in his apartment with a gunshot to his head. There were no witnesses or neighbors and there was no letter, but Argentine officials and Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner had believed

Favorite The first new antibiotic to be discovered in nearly thirty years, Teixobactin, has been hailed as a “paradigm shift” in the fight against the growing resistance to the drugs. The new antibiotic is successful in treating many common bacterial infections that have become increasingly

Favorite Madison Dawkins is one of the recipients of the $500 GenHERation Connection 2014 Philadelphia Community Challenge sponsored by the Chester County Fund for Women and Girls. The grant will support her Not Equal Yet project, which she describes in more detail below. My interest in gender

Favorite Have you ever dropped your iPhone? Felt that sinking feeling as you see your expensive, beloved, fragile phone flail through the air and towards that unavoidable ground and a possible CRACK? The iPhone creators at Apple have felt that too, and they want it to stop. Apple was

Favorite “The actions I’m taking are not only lawful, they’re the kinds of actions taken by every single Republican President and every Democratic President for the past half century,” said President Obama in a recent speech about immigration. “And to those Members of Congress